LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. CP AR . . . .. . Company Procurement assessment Report WHO ....... World health Organization MRP ......... Material Requirement Planning. PPDAA ...... Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Asset authority CPD ....... Central Purchasing Department IMF ......... International Monetary Fund V TABLE OF CONTENTS. DECLARATION ....................................................................................................................... I APPROVAL ............................................................................................................................. II DEDICATION ......................................................................................................................... III ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ...................................................................................................... IV LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................. V LIST OF FIGURES .............................................................................................................. VIII LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................................. IX ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................. X CHAPTER ONE ...................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... I I.I BACKGROUNDTOTHESTUDY ............................................................................................................ I 1.1.1 THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE ............................................................................................................ I 1.1 :2 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ............................................................................................................... 2 1.1:3 CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVE ........................................................................................................... 3 1.1 :4 CONTEXTUAL PERSPECTIVE ............................................................................................................. 4 1.2 STATEMENTOFTHEPROBLEM ........................................................................................................ 4 1.3 PURPOSEOFTHESTUDY ................................................................................................................... 4 1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ............................................................................................................. 4 1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS ...................................................................................................................... 5 1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY ........................................................................................................................ 5 1.6.1 GEOGRAPHICALSCOPE ...................................................................................................................... 5 1.6.2 SUBJECT SCOPE .................................................................................................................................. 5 1.6.3 PERIOD SCOPE ...................................................................................................................................... 5 1.7 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ......................................................................................................... 5 1.8 ORGANIZATIONOFTHESTUDY ....................................................................................................... 6 1.9 CONCEPTUAL FRAME WORI